1935-05-02 — Page 22

THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, May

1935.

SIRDAR RUMJAHN WINS FOURTH TENNIS CROWN

Sirdar Rumisha making one of his typical back and strokes in le match against G. R. M. Richetta in the lawn tennis singles final yesterday. (Photo: Mee Chrung).

Penultimate Matches In English Soccer

FOR

BOLTON WANDERERS' BID

PROMOTION STRONGER

London, May 1. Even though the championships of the various English football leagues have already been decided several matches played to-day had quite an important bearing on the relative positions of the teams concerned. Four teams in the upper half of The First Division were engaged-bot both premier places have trendy been decided

and except for the Wednesday's and Grtinsby's advaner to slightly higher positions the results were without signifiennce.

It was in the Second Division that Lo-day's

matches had

nort the Important bearing on a tenɔn's status, Bolton were engaged against Brent- ford, who have already

won the title, dnd, 3 a two-goal victory al Jurden Park, Talton are now one point ahead of West Ham. If they can manage to draw with Blackpoolį at Blackpool on Saturday they are assured of promotion,

Gillingham anule their position in the Third Division (South) safe hy drawing at Luton, Southend nud Newport will now have to apply for re-election next season.

Remling suffered a serious reverat ngainst Southend at Kursaal) whyre they went down by six goals to one. -The-connatssp-huintira of the Swath-. ern Section of the Third Division now remain

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FIRST DIVISION

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MATCH THAT WAS MEDIOCRE

IMPRESSIVE TENNIS BY

THE WINNER

STRAIGHT SETS VICTORY IN

SINGLES FINAL

(By "Sagax")

Never has S. A. Rumjahn opened in such an uncertain manner in a singles final in the local, tennis tournament as he did yesterday when he lost his first service game by four consecutive

G. R. M. Ricketts it shown here in the match on the Hongkong Cricket Club Court yesterday againet S. A. Rumjahn. (Photos Mée Cheung)

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double faults in his match against G. R. M.Kowloon

Ricketts, whom he beat in straight sets to securej

his third crown in four years and his fourth Cricket

Club

title since he first entered for these annual competitions.

For a player of his standard; Rumjahn's service has always been atrociously weak and he has never been able to utilise it as a weapon of attack but spec- tators were dumbfounded when he served four consecutive double faults in his opening service game. Actually-he-scrved five "doubles" before he recovered from his temporary lapse.

ENGLISH GOLF SURPRISES

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cables bypart Reuter are appended together with the records of those teams whose positions have been afected, by, the results:

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THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

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Taken on the whole the match

ELIMINATED

HOLLINWELL FEATURES

London, May 1 There were some surprising defeats in the third round of the

PROGRAMME

WEEK-END

FOR

The annuni Kowloon Cricket Club lawa tennis tournaments will be (continued during the coming week-

BASEBALL IN AMERICA

WEATHER HOLDS UP GAMES

SEVERAL TIES POSTPONED

:

CLUB RECEIVE SET-BACK

LOSE VALUABLE POINTS

LOCAL FOOTBALL HONOURS

(By "Sazax")

If South China, "A" had been barred from participation in the local Football League, the in- terest in the championship hon ours would have been sustained until the final matches are played during the next week. But South Chine "A" had just na much right to enter as any other team and their enormous super- iority over the other teams was, to those other teams, unfor- tunate.

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Long before the season had deve- loped into its Bnal stages ilio Chines side hart won the championship and left fans and the other teams with nothing more than the minor position with which to interest themselves. And the fight for second place las been full of uncertainty throughout and even to-day there in doubt na to which club eventually. necures the honours.

Yesterday's matches made mattere more complicated than ever and the efent of the Club, followed by vic torier by both the Police and the Club le Recreio again brought all three teams back intu favour. The Club, legats were postponed to-day on three goals to one, werd out played. Hesapħal_matches in the major barɑ- Ewho were heaten by the Navy by

end when several more matches-araball to be played.

New York, May 1.

On Saturday, starting at 430 nt of the weather. Two fixturus and if they lose agaie ous-played.

p.m., three games in the Ladies' Doubles will be decided while on Sunday Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles ties will be played off.

The programme for the two days is appended:

SATURDAY

Miss Mackenzie and Mrs. Fancy v. Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Dinnen.

Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Borner v.

May

English Amateur Golf Champion Banker.

Mrs. Blandford and

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SUNDAY Starting at 3 p.m.

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in the National League were but will surrender penetically wil chunces ployed owing to the cold while one in of finishing second.

The American could not be decked an account of rain.

The Police are now only one point The Results as called by Reiter beliind the Club and they have one, follow:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington New York Chicago Cleveland

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(Earl Averil and Inl. Trotsky: homered for the Indians).

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game in hand. They met the Royal Welch Fusiliers and were without the services of several of their gulur players. Perkins is still away on the injured Rist, suffering from a damaged shoulder received during the Shield Final while Johnstone, Chris Pile and Parker were also ab- senters.

The Club de Recreis nude severnl positional changes in the tenni against the Chinese Athletic and the re-in- tradhetion of Marques in goal minde a lot of difference to the Ride. The (Ray Johnson homered for the Red Portuguese were able to reverso last Sox ussel Jimmy Foxx for the Sunday's decision and they are now Athleties).

one point behind the H.K, Club with Rain prevented the match between two more matches to go.

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ship at Hollinwell to-day.

Sutherland of Ladbrook Park bent} Miss O. Dalziel and Miss S. was not of as high a standard as

Lister Dalziel v. Miss Griffiths and Mrs. Rosten Walker Cup player, have been other finals In the past Hartley, of Royal St. George's at the Hosford,

Philadelphia but there were frequent periods of 2nd hale. brilliance during which players in

Thompson,

Aldeburgh, wan turn excelled as the master mind. against Jahn de Porest, of Addington, Rumjahn was the steadier of the former British Amateur Chinnpion, two and because of his greater by five up and four to play.

Another Walker Cup player was experience and superior stroke preliminated when Piper, of Sleaford, duction he was able to wear downbeat Bentley by three up and two to. D. S. Green and Miss Grilliths.

V. H. Freeman and Mrs. Hosford | his opponent, fairing him to commít play."

W. C. Hung and F. Grose G. C. Burnett and 1. Goodwin.

Starting at 4.30 p.m.

• Lrrors or make inferior returns Stanley Lunt (the holder), Eric A. E. Perry and W. Orr v. L. [which were instantly tucked away | Fidden and Cyril Talley, n_former] Jack and W. M. Gittins.

in name corner of the court,

British Amateur Champion, all won

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£0 RICKETTS THE MORE ACTIVE Kunjahn always selected the

right moment in which to force the pace and when he took the

| Initiative in a rally he followed up | any advantage gained without re- 2xation and brought of a timely kill whenever the opportunity vifer- ed. He maintained

perfect (Continued on Page 9.)

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their third round matches. Reuter, G. C. Burnett and Miss O. Dalziel

BASEBALL

CLUB'S

STRENGTH.

PHILLIES ARE DARK HORSES

OUTFIT IMPROVED THIS YEAR

Winter Haven, Fla., Apr. 30. Jimmy Wilson professes to believe that he is like a fellow hiding in a dark alley with a big club, waiting for the town bully to come along.

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pionship in the second half, and

St. Louis from

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Detroit and

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New York

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As intimated earlier in the week the clubs interested in the runners- up position have a heavy programme on hand and following yesterday's

Brooklyn 17 James both the Club and the Police. are due to play to-day while the Club (Dick Bartel and

ou will also be engaged on Saturday and Melvin homered for the Glants and Lonnie the Police again on Sunday. Frey and Ona Taylor scored for thei

Dodgers).

St. Louis

Cincinnati

RACING AT HOME

(Joe Medwick humored for the Two Thousand Guineas

Cardinals).

Owing to the cold the nintches be tween Pittsburgh and hiengo rend Philadelphin and Boston were post- puned,

win the pennant in the player, of the 32 athletes assembled at

O'Rourke told Gerry Nuget, presi- dent of the Philadelphia club, and W

the Phillies in 1933. Only three this beautiful resort were Phillies when Wilson assumed the manage-

ment of the club. Only 10 were This they did, and Galveston In camp a year ago. anve New Orleans of the Southern

Perennial baseball doormats Association quite a battle before need. pilots like Wilson. Jimmy

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bowing In the Dixle series,

stand 6 feet or more. Jivin is 24 Biv. Gumbert, and Jorgens years of age. Gumbert 21. and Jorgens 25.

Bivin won 20 games for Galven- Heretofore, "We won't finish ton, Gumbert 19, and dorgens, who last," was considered an optimis- is a brother of Arndt Jorgens, the tic statement on the part of a Yankee catcher, 14. manager of the Philadelphia Na-: MIGHTY MOUND STAFF tiouns, but Wilson isn't that type.

In addition to this trio, the "I know other managers don't Phillies have Curt Davis, who think much of our club, but I'm go-bagged 10 games in his major ing to show them a dark horse with league how with a seventh-pince plenty of foot," says the raven-aggregation last season; Shuffin' haired Wilson.

Phil Collins, who copped 13; Snipe "Deals have improved an outfit Hansen, a southpaw coming into that was tough to beat in the clos- his own; the veteran Sylvester ing weeks of 1934. I've 10 good Johnson: Joe Bowman, who show- pitchers. There aro harder hit- ed flashes of fine form with the ting Inflaldera than Johnny Ver-Glants In 1934; Eue! Moore, the gez and Blondy Ryan, who came Oklahoma Indian who has de- from the Glants in the Dick. Bar- monstrated that he can win, and toll tansaction, but I like their Johnny Pezzullo, a left-handor spirit.

who grabbed 16 games for Rich The chest of Patsy O'Rourke, amond and two for Nashville last Httle red-faced Irish scout, who season. spent his baseball life as a minor. Wilson, oue of the game's great league infielder and manager, entchers for a dozen years com- swells with pride as Wilson speaks rares Davis with Grover Cleveland of his pitchors.

Alexander. Last season Davis Wilson asserts that the purchase made baseball men wonder why ho of Jim Divin, Harry Gumbert, and lingered in the Pacife Const Orville Jorgens, all right-handers, League so long.

from Galveston last July is going The Phila' catching is second to to make selection of a starting none in either, league, with Al quartet quite a. problam.

Todd, the giant of Troy, N. Y, Galveston was in fourth place in dividing the assignment with thu first half of the Texas League Wilson. Todd, much sought by season when Scout O'Rourke re- Pittsburgh and other clubs 'dur- commended that they be bought.ing the winter, hit .318 in 1934.

"Blvin, Gumbert, and Jorgens Wilson has proved quite a David will pitch Galveston to the cham! Horum since taking command of

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